By Debra L. Morrison
 As a financial planner, I have to understand both how the man thinks and how the woman thinks in order to respond to both of them effectively. There's a cerebral division of labor of sorts, for example. Men tend to do all cognitive processing in one region of the frontal lobe, while women's processing tends to be that the brain fires all over, in other words that the neurons go back and forth allowing for more communication between the left and the right side.
We women haven't received a lot of favorable money messages in our families or from our socialization over the years. I'm really hoping we can foster better communication by understanding these gender differences. It makes perfect sense to bring the whole discussion back to how the brain was created.
One of the ways this affects women is that they take longer to make a decision, trying to unite many goals. The woman does need time, and a man is often impatient with her need for detail but his impatience is ultimately not helpful.
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By Debra L. Morrison
 If Barack Obama can defy the terrific odds of being raised by his grandmother instead of a nuclear family, graduate Harvard magna cum laude, become a community organizer in Chicago in 1985, serve Illinois as their Jr. Senator from 1996-2004, win their US Senate seat from 2005-2008, and later outsmart, outrun, and outfundraise Hillary Clinton to become the Democratic nominee, and ultimately win the prize of the United States of America's first black President, then we women can surely push past our resistance to learning about our money. By comparison...well there really IS no comparison, period.
Yes, we do live in a sexist society still, and for 60+ year old women, whom I prefer to call mature women, the socialization was especially steeped against women embracing money knowledge.
Yet, I mention Barack's accomplishments because we are also still living in a racist society, albeit far less so than 40 years ago, and he is living proof that with determination and perseverance, these systemic shackles can indeed be shed, like old coats.
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By Monika Monika
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How can emotional freedom change our lives? One can feel positive energy if there is a change in the way we look at the world. The purpose of our life is to get over the feelings of discord and conflict and settle our minds so that we are engulfed by a veil of positive energy. Doctor Judith who is the writer of Emotional Freedom takes us through a journey which helps us to gain a better vision of our lives. The book has anecdotes from psychology, spirituality and neuroscience. One will definitely get rid of all the negative thoughts after reading the book. To attain that peaceful state of mind, we need to be careful about the way we think and react to things.
The book shows ways through which we can achieve the best in our lives. Without compassion and positive thoughts, one cannot feel free from all kinds of negative ideas. The book is written with wonderful clarity. According to Dr. Judith, society actually forces us to do a lot of things. We are more stressed |
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